Minicon 47: April 6 - 8, 2012
Minicon is a fan run science fiction and fantasy convention run by the Minnesota Science Fiction Society, or MNStF. It is held yearly on Easter weekend. Never been to an SF convention? Here's a short introduction to what we're all about.
Minicon 47 will be held April 6 - 8, 2012 in Bloomington, Minnesota.
Minicon features panel discussions, readings, signings, costuming, films, gaming (open and organized), an art show, dealers, kids' programming, a science room, filk and folk music, a consuite and bar, room parties, and various special events.
You can register online or by mail. Please check out the details on our hotel: where it is and how to get a room.
Our Guests of Honor will be Ted Chiang (author), Christopher J Garcia (fanzine), and Frank Wu (artist).
Registration
Hotel Reservations
You can preregister for Minicon 47 before 15 March 2012 or register at the door. Preregistering is cheaper! You also will get a nice preprinted badge. We like it because it helps us plan for space, food and other budgetary matters.
Minicon 47 pre-registration (PDF)
Registration Hours
Registration will be open Thursday night in the consuite (room 215) for pre-registered members only.
For pre-registered members or to buy a membership at the door, registration hours are:
- Friday 10am–10pm
- Saturday 9:30am–4pm
- Sunday 9:30am–4pm
Memberships for Minicon 48 can be purchased any time the registration desk is open as well as at the Dead Dog party Sunday evening in the bar (room 218).
As usual, we're at the Sheraton Bloomington Hotel, except now it's a DoubleTree (yes, it's the same hotel that was a Radison not long ago).
To reserve your room use this special link. Our rate for reservations made by March 15 is $89 for both regular rooms and poolside cabanas.
Filling hotel rooms is how we pay for our function space, so we would very much appreciate it if you stayed in the DoubleTree. Please also avoid booking your room through a travel agency or discount site. These will not count towards our block!
The DoubleTree Bloomington
7800 Normandale Blvd, Bloomington, MN 55439
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Minicon News
Minicon Programming Panelist Reminder
This is a friendly reminder that Minicon 47 is still looking for programming participants for our upcoming convention, April 6-8. To see a list of all panel ideas, please go to our Programming Brainstorming Page. ... more >>A jog down a garden path sentence. on February 21, 2012, 11:49 am PST
Account Settings Change
At the request of a frequent poster, I have changed the default community settings to disable anonymous comments. Given the reported rate - three spam comments in two days - I don't see that we have much choice. At the same time, part of me wants to make it easy for a non-LJ person to join in the conversation, without forcing them get an LJ account. Anyone have any ideas on this?... more >>Scott Raun on February 19, 2012, 7:18 pm PST
Spam comments
Can someone involved with maintaining this group please change the settings to no longer allow posts or comments from anonymous users? Ideally, I think that only members should be allowed to make posts or comments. ... more >>A jog down a garden path sentence. on February 19, 2012, 3:20 pm PST
PR2s are arriving in the mail, Pool Party tomorrow.
The Minicon PR2s are mailed, and I got ours today. They'll probably show up by today or tomorrow, but there may be a few stragglers into next week for those of you in the far reaches of the universe (Canada or Iowa). ... more >>A jog down a garden path sentence. on February 17, 2012, 12:37 pm PST
late night Friday ride from Chicago??
Like, after the sedar? I'm afraid I'm not a relief driver, but I would be eager to contribute gas money.et in Arcadia egoboo on February 14, 2012, 7:16 pm PST
Time to sign up for Minicon Programming panels!
This year’s panels are now online. You may view them at http://wiki.mnstf.org/index.php?title=M47_Programming_Brainstorm ... more >>A jog down a garden path sentence. on February 5, 2012, 12:06 am PST
Request for support for family of Spider Robinson
Yesterday, I received word from Former Minicon Guest of Honor Spider Robinson. His daughter Terri has been diagnosed with Stage 4 metastatic breast cancer. Terri and her husband Heron live in Ohio, where he works a very demanding schedule with lots of overtime. ... more >>A jog down a garden path sentence. on February 1, 2012, 11:02 am PST
January concom meeting
There'll be a concom meeting Sunday Jan 8 at 4:00PM at the home of Emily Stewart and Aaron Vander Giessen at 2829 Alabama Avenue South in Saint Louis Park MN. The closest bus is the #17C or #17D, which runs on Minnetonka Boulevard.... more >>Matthew Strait. Wait, too clear, I mean — Aaaahhh! on December 30, 2011, 2:45 pm PST
December concom meeting
There'll be a concom meeting Sunday Dec 11 at 4:00PM at the home of Joel Phillips. 6323 Excelsior Blvd, Saint Louis Park, MN. Park on Colorado avenue, odd side of street. Minicon concom meetings are informal and open to anyone who is interested in observing, offering ideas or volunteering!Matthew Strait. Wait, too clear, I mean — Aaaahhh! on November 14, 2011, 6:10 am PST
Minicon Registration survey is online
The Minicon Pre-Registration head is attempting to reconstruct the database of who has attended Minicon in the past, and to update our information. If you've ever attended a Minicon, please fill out the survey at http://www.mnstf.org/minicon47/regsurvey.php ... more >>A jog down a garden path sentence. on November 10, 2011, 11:20 am PST
Minicon 15 program book
The Minicon 15 program book (from 1979) is now fully available on the web: http://mnstf.org/minicon15 Minicon 15 was the 14th Minicon.... more >>Matthew Strait. Wait, too clear, I mean — Aaaahhh! on November 8, 2011, 6:18 am PST
November concom meeting
There'll be a concom meeting Sunday Nov 13 at 4:00PM at the home of Emily Stewart and Aaron Vander Giessen at 2829 Alabama Avenue South in Saint Louis Park MN. The closest bus is the #17C or #17D, which runs on Minnetonka Boulevard.... more >>Matthew Strait. Wait, too clear, I mean — Aaaahhh! on October 31, 2011, 6:58 pm PDT
Rooms at Conjecture 2
Reminder: Tomorrow is the deadline for getting a room at Conjecture 2. If you tried to get a room after Sept 22 and were told the block was full or closed or anything like that, try again today. ... more >>Matthew Strait. Wait, too clear, I mean — Aaaahhh! on September 30, 2011, 6:30 am PDT
Conjecture 2
If you like Minicon, you might like Conjecture. Besides Minicon, most years Minn-stf also runs a smaller convention in the fall, known generically as "fallcon", and known specifically this year as Conjecture 2. It's three weeks away.... more >>Matthew Strait. Wait, too clear, I mean — Aaaahhh! on September 22, 2011, 7:04 am PDT
Oct concom meeting
There'll be a concom meeting Sunday October 9th at 4:00PM at the home of Emily Stewart and Aaron Vander Giessen at 2829 Alabama Avenue South in Saint Louis Park MN. The closest bus is the #17C or #17D, which runs on Minnetonka Boulevard.... more >>Matthew Strait. Wait, too clear, I mean — Aaaahhh! on September 19, 2011, 5:58 am PDT
Minicon 7 Advance Progress Report
I said in a comment recently that I had a Minicon 7 Progress Report 1 in addition to the paste-up boards for that publication. In fact, what I have is a Minicon 7 Advance Progress Report, which looks very similar, but isn't the same thing.... more >>Matthew Strait. Wait, too clear, I mean — Aaaahhh! on September 15, 2011, 9:53 am PDT
The Mimeo Man
Thanks to Ellen Kuhfeld, here's a recording of The Mimeo Man (a parody of The Music Man), as performed at Minicon 11: http://www.mnstf.org/minicon11/Matthew Strait. Wait, too clear, I mean — Aaaahhh! on September 10, 2011, 9:26 pm PDT
Minicon 22 program book
The entirety of the Minicon 22 program book (1987) is now available online: http://www.mnstf.org/minicon22/ The Minicon 22 guest of honor were David Brin, Fred Haskell, Erin McKee, and Jerry Stearns. Diane Duane, Jane Yolen, and Ellen Kushner were honored guests.... more >>Matthew Strait. Wait, too clear, I mean — Aaaahhh! on September 4, 2011, 10:45 pm PDT
Minicon 47 & Minn-StF
Minicon 47 will be held April 6 - 8, 2012. Our Guests of Honor will be author Ted Chiang, fanziner Christopher J Garcia, and artist Frank Wu. Pre-registration is available online.... more >>Laurel Krahn on August 31, 2011, 12:40 pm PDT
Minicon 7 Program Book, PR1
From the depths of the archives comes... the Minicon 7 program book. Most of it, anyway. Well, most of the content of it, in the form of paste-up boards. I'm still trying to lay hands on an actual copy.... more >>Matthew Strait. Wait, too clear, I mean — Aaaahhh! on August 29, 2011, 7:06 pm PDT
September concom meeting
There will be a concom meeting at Joel Phillips' house, 6323 Excelsior Blvd., St Louis Park, at 4pm on Sunday Sept 11. Minicon concom meetings are open for anyone interested in helping out, or even just listening in.Matthew Strait. Wait, too clear, I mean — Aaaahhh! on August 23, 2011, 7:24 pm PDT
Minicon 26 and 30 Masquerades
Following up on my previous post, there are now two more old Minicon Masquerade videos on the web: http://www.mnstf.org/minicon26/ (1991)... more >>Matthew Strait. Wait, too clear, I mean — Aaaahhh! on July 4, 2011, 1:54 pm PDT
Minicon 32 program book
The Minicon 32 program book (from 1997) is now up on the web: http://mnstf.org/minicon32/ A few pages are unavailable because I haven't been able to get in touch with the copyright holders to get permission to post their work. If you know Rob Berry, Loren Botner, Greg Johnson or Jason Parker, you could help out by asking them about this.Matthew Strait. Wait, too clear, I mean — Aaaahhh! on May 6, 2011, 2:31 am PDT
The Big Kahuna
Did anyone audio or video-tape Thorin's brain-melting Big Kahuna soliloquy at Minicon closing ceremonies? Or take a picture of the poster with the clues?thaedeus on April 27, 2011, 1:46 pm PDT
The Whatever Blog
John Scalzi said many nice things about Minicon in his blog today. Here is a link.A jog down a garden path sentence. on April 26, 2011, 6:19 pm PDT
minicon: How many Minicons have you been to? Which Minicons? Use the survey to figure it out & tell us: http://t.co/7cO4GlDi
November 28, 2011, 3:41 pm PST
minicon: The @mnstf pool party is kinda like if you combined the Minicon consuite & bar into one space. But with better food & booze. Maybe.
September 3, 2011, 3:00 pm PDT
minicon: If you're interested in Minicon, you might also enjoy the @mnstf pool party this weekend & the MNStF fallcon in Oct. See @mnstf & mnstf.org
September 2, 2011, 1:46 pm PDT
minicon: Pre-registration is available at http://t.co/DBkZGhm
August 31, 2011, 12:32 pm PDT
minicon: Minicon 47 will be April 6 - 8, 2012. Our Guests of Honor will be author Ted Chiang, fanziner Christopher J Garcia, and artist Frank Wu.
August 31, 2011, 12:32 pm PDT
minicon: Music has already started at the Dead Dog Party. Lots of people playing games too. And hanging out. The Usual.
April 24, 2011, 7:35 pm PDT
minicon: Congrats to Ted Chiang and Chris Garcia on their Hugo nominations; they'll be our GoHs next year at Minicon 47 along with Frank Wu.
April 24, 2011, 3:02 pm PDT
minicon: Thanks so much to @scalzi and Chas for being such excellent guests of honor!
April 24, 2011, 2:51 pm PDT
minicon: Big round of applause here at Minicon for all the nominees. (live at http://ustre.am/y1rj)
April 24, 2011, 2:32 pm PDT
minicon: John Scalzi is reading the nominees so far here at Minicon closing ceremonies. (live at http://ustre.am/y1rj)
April 24, 2011, 2:28 pm PDT
minicon: Watching from Minicon closing ceremonies. (live at http://ustre.am/y1rj)
April 24, 2011, 2:14 pm PDT
minicon: Closing ceremonies is about to begin in the Edina Room. Wah!
April 24, 2011, 1:49 pm PDT
minicon: @mrsmodew Minicon hearts you too!
April 24, 2011, 12:10 am PDT
minicon: @mplscorwin After 40+ years, Minicon is used to toddlers. Even Brust toddlers! (Still battening down hatches.)
April 23, 2011, 11:10 am PDT
minicon: Twitter asks, "what's happening?" Silly question. Minicon is happening!
April 23, 2011, 10:26 am PDT
minicon: Concert starting now: Patrick Nielsen Hayden & the Deaf Tones (Elise Matthesen & Teresa Nielsen Hayden).
April 22, 2011, 7:29 pm PDT
minicon: Bedtime Stories with Jane Yolen should be starting nowish in Veranda 1. And who wouldn't want to listen to Jane Yolen tell a story?
April 22, 2011, 6:58 pm PDT
minicon: Brother Seamus concert is at 8:30pm; Jason Becker, Corwin & Dee Brust, and Nicole Emery are sure to rock (or folk) the house.
April 22, 2011, 4:52 pm PDT
minicon: Next up: Opening Ceremonies at 7pm in the Edina Room. Our GoHs will be introduced, announcements will be made, and so on.
April 22, 2011, 4:32 pm PDT
minicon: @mplscorwin Eek! Minicon is frightened. Or battening down the hatches. Or something.
April 22, 2011, 4:21 pm PDT